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Issue: Hero Illustrated Special Edition #1
Publication Date: October 1993
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue (2 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWarrior Publications
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Warrior Publications
On Sale Date: 1993
Volume: 1
Pages: 120
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $4.95 CAD
$3.95 USD
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Content Items: 12 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Editor(s): Marc Camron (credited) (editor)
Disclose Notes: Kelley Jones cover art, signed. Cover is of Batman and is the right half of a larger image formed with Hero Illustrated (Warrior Publications, 1993 series) #4 (October 1993), which shows Bane. Originally polybagged with a bonus comic (Dark Joker). Cover title is Hero Special Edition. Indicia page indicates an issue sub-title: Batman: From Dark Knight to Knightfall.

Also includes:
• Batman Toy Merchandise
• Kelley Jones' 'How I Draw Batman'
• Batman video games
• Batman comics price guide
• 'The Final Word!' page written by Denny O'Neil

Page count increased from 116 to 120 to account for a gatefold pull out poster in unnumbered pages.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US (7 in. x 10.25 in.)
Paper Stock: glossy
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: one-shot
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Batman: From Dark Knight to Knightfall

Informational (about comics)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): various (reprinted covers and excerpts)
Inker(s): various (reprinted covers and excerpts)
Colorist(s): various (reprinted covers and excerpts)
Letterer(s): various (reprinted covers and excerpts); typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: A fair approximation of the number of superheroes created to date might be in excess of 3,000.
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Pages: 20
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Working with a Legend: The Men who Made the Batman Fly

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Writer(s): Steve Darnell (credited)
Penciller(s): various (reprinted covers and excerpts); ? (photographs)
Inker(s): various (reprinted covers and excerpts); ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): various (reprinted covers and excerpts); ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): various (reprinted covers and excerpts); typeset
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Genres: non-fiction
First Line: In 1964 when Julius Schwartz got the offer to edit Batman titles...
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Pages: 6
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The Batman Hall-Of-Fame: The Top Ten Artists Who Injected Life into a Comic and Created a Cultural Icon

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Penciller(s): various (reprinted covers and excerpts)
Inker(s): various (reprinted covers and excerpts)
Colorist(s): various (reprinted covers and excerpts)
Letterer(s): various (reprinted covers and excerpts); typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Few pieces of literature last for over 50 years.
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Pages: 11
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Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-51

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Robin; Talia; Ra's al Ghul
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Batman (DC, 1940 series) #374

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #329

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #31

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Julie Madison; The Monk
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Warner Books, 1986 series)

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Genres: superhero
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Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #473

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (as shadow)
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Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2714
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #142

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Riddler [Edward Nigma]
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Batman Returns Again

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Writer(s): Joe Funk (credited)
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Colorist(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Few heroes in our society, comic book or otherwise, conjure such distinct images as Batman...
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The Sounds of a Bat

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Writer(s): Joe Funk (credited)
Penciller(s): ? (photograph); various (excerpts)
Inker(s): ? (photograph); various (excerpts)
Colorist(s): ? (photograph); various (excerpts)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Elizabeth Taylor and Aerosmith guest star on The Simpsons, and suddenly every actor in Tinseltown is lining up for animation voice-overs.
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